Bible dictionaries

Israelite

What Bible dictionaries say about “Israelite”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Israelite - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

IS'RAELITE, n. A descendant of Israel or Jacob; a Jew.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

iz'-ra-el-it, iz'-rael-it-ish: Belonging to the tribes of ISRAEL (which see). Occurs 4 times in the New Testament: of Nathanael (Joh 1:47); used by Paul (Ro 9:4; 11:1; 2Co 11:22).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

(descendant of Israel). In (2 Samuel 17:25) Ithra, the father of Amasa, is called "an Israelite," while in (1 Chronicles 2:17) he appears as "Jether the Ishmaelite." The latter is undoubtedly the true reading.

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3